Very, very frustrated.

[McClef]

I usually find when I can't find something that it turns up when I am looking for something else instead.

[chasem]

I lost a cell phone once that way. My nephew had the idea to call my numer to help me find it. Problem was - it seemed like every where I looked I could hear the phone, just couldn't find it!

Have courage Arlen - You're way ahead of me!

haha reminds me of an episode of The Office [US]. (The Fire, if you haven't seen it and care to).

[runewolf]

Sometimes you have to put out a little brandy or scotch to appease the fairy folk... or wait until they get bored of watching you stumble through the house to find it. For some reason, they like the better stuff, don't give them a shot of the $12 rum or you might not find it until the next decade lol.

[Jack Daw]

My advice is to retrace your steps. You probably did NOT leave it at the computer like you thought. If you had not left it there, where would you have put it next?

[Howard Clark]

I have done the very same thing. Finished knives, very fancy, due to be shipped overnight for a customer who is expecting it to get there tomorrow.

Panache's advice is really the best. Breathe deep, relax. Everything will be all right.

[davedove]

There is one sure fire way to find it. Make another to replace it. As soon as you are done, you will discover the original in plain sight.

And, of course, it will be in the last place you look. Why would you keep looking once you found it?p

[Pleater]

I am so glad that these things happen to other people too.

I have a large number of knitting machines and I can be sitting knitting away, using the little tools from time to time, then I will go to pick one up and it will not be there.

My theory is that all that mass of machinery causes something like a wormhole, linking similar masses of knitting machines, and from time to time a tool, or other small object falls in and slides to another knitting room.

That is why from time to time I also find tools I know I have never bought, and spare widgets for accessories over and above the proper number.

On another occasion I will find that instead of having a left and a right widget, as required, there are two of the same handedness.

There also seems to be a universal law which dictates that no matter how many cones of yarn there are in the stash there is never one of the right colour and thickness for the present project.

Maybe it is all due to a requirement to keep the sellers of yarns and widgets in business.

It can't all be random acts of absent minded carelessness - can it?

Anne the Pleater

[Arlen]

Thanks for all the support and sympathy.
I took everyone's advice and had some tea and frosted some Christmas cookies. The Diane and I looked together.
Still no luck.
So I slept and rested and tried again today! Still no luck.

I can honestly say she and I have searched everything in and around the house. There's not a trace of it.
I don't have another blade so I can't make him a replacement just yet, but I will show him the picture and promise another one just so soon as I can get another blade.
That's about the best I can do and I've made my piece with it.

Thanks again for helping me vent.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Why has no one suggested the one, the true, the only sure-fire way to find that pesky little knife? Ask Diane to find it!

Sorry Arlen, I know how frustrating it is for you. Most of the time, when Jamie has lost something, after he has torn apart the whole house looking for it, he'll come to me and express his frustration (often in a somewhat agitated manner) and I'll reach down between the couch cushions and hand him the offending object. Usually at this point he will swear, and then politely thank me.

Give it a try (although I suspect you already have)

Be well,

Star

[Phogfan86]

When you find it, be ready. You may also find about a kajillion socks you've lost in the dryer over the years.